China is an ancient, civilized nation. Unfortunately, Mao destroyed many of the old values, and the current government is still Communist, totalitarian, militaristic, expansion minded, and uncooperative.
Unless and until they get a new government, I don’t see much hope that we can deal with them as friends, especially when they take every opportunity to arm our enemies and undermine our economy—with the unfortunate help of the last two administrations.
I had hoped that perhaps we could work with Russia against China, at least until they straightened out, but that doesn’t seem to be in the cards, either.
It’s a dangerous world. It takes two to be friends, and the Chinese aren’t interested.
The Chinese need to focus on making cheap products for Americans to consume. Their military budget amounts to toilet paper in relation the US military budget. They are our servants, so they need to stop the pocket knife rattling, make like a few factories and shut it. I need cheap chinese crap, not tedious hypotheticals, from has been strategists.